Tuesday, December 01, 2009

Public reporting is worthless to health care consumers

I'm late with this. It's a paper from last year in Health Affairs showing complete lack of agreement among several of the better known quality rating agencies. None of them understand what real quality is. From the conclusion of the paper:

In their current state, rating services appear likely to confuse, rather than inform, consumers.

About Me

Originally a traditional internist, I became a hospitalist in the early days of the “movement.” I'll be writing about clinical topics, mainly in hospital medicine. Occasionally politics and other stuff creep in. This content does not constitute medical advice (consult your physician) nor is it authoritative (check primary sources).